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  Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) — also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No Man"; "The Great Stone Face" — of Lincoln, Grafton County, N.H. Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham County, Vt., January 8, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944, 1952 (speaker); U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln, 1948; Governor of New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted gifts, including a vicuna coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from federal agencies. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Grange; Elks; Society of Colonial Wars; Foresters. Died in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., October 27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams; married, July 28, 1923, to Rachael Leona White.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Anton (1914-2006) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., March 22, 1914. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Died March 23, 2006 (age 92 years, 1 days). Burial location unknown.
  Harold Wallace Ayer (1926-1968) — also known as Harold W. Ayer — of Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., September 24, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Teamsters Union. Died in January, 1968 (age 41 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harold W. Ayer and Martha (Davis) Ayer; married, November 27, 1947, to Harriette White.
  Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) — also known as Charles H. Barnard — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 28, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 2nd Ward, 1948; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 2nd Ward, 1956. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; United Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in September, 1972 (age about 65 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November 19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs.
  Perkins Bass (1912-2011) — of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass., October 6, 1912. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough, 1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Peterborough, 1948; member of New Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19 days). Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Perkins Bass and Edith Harland (Bird) Bass; brother of Robert Perkins Bass Jr.; married, June 6, 1941, to Katharine Jackson; married to Rosaly Swann; father of Charles Foster Bass.
  Political family: Bass family of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emile Dorilas Beaulieu Jr. (b. 1931) — also known as Emile D. Beaulieu — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., April 2, 1931. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1982-83, 1988-89. Member, American Legion; National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2002.
  Relatives: Son of Emile Dorilas Beaulieu and Albina (Claveau) Beaulieu; married to Laurette Fournier; father of Jane Ellen Beaulieu.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Oscar Blood (1887-1975) — also known as Robert O. Blood — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Enfield, Grafton County, N.H., November 10, 1887. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1935; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1937-40; Governor of New Hampshire, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1956, 1960. Congregationalist. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Odd Fellows; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died August 3, 1975 (age 87 years, 266 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Williem A. Blood and Lorinda (Colby) Blood; married, June 3, 1916, to Pauline Shepard.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) — also known as Thomas P. Cheney — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Ashland, Grafton County, N.H., August 17, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; trustee, Laconia State Bank; director, Peoples National Bank of Laconia; director, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street Railway; Belknap County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); New Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1938. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September 7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner.
  James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) — also known as James C. Cleveland — of New London, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., June 13, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died December 3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Harold King Davison (b. 1893) — also known as Harold K. Davison — of Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., April 12, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1921-28; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1927-28; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1929-30; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 1st District, 1939-40; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940; municipal judge in New Hampshire, 1940; New Hampshire Republican state chair, 1943-44. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis E. Davison and Anna (King) Davison; married, July 21, 1920, to Gladys M. Batchelder.
  George F. Disnard (1923-2004) — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., November 24, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school teacher; superintendent of schools; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1980; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis. Died, in Valley Regional Hospital, Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., September 3, 2004 (age 80 years, 284 days). Interment at St. Mary Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., about 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J. F. McElwain Shoe Company; secretary-treasurer, New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union; Hillsborough County Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate for mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1963. Catholic. Member, Catholic War Veterans; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Foresters. Suffered a heart attack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre Dame Hospital, Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 12, 1963 (age about 48 years). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  Relatives: Married to Laurette E. Prince.
  Dupont Pool (now Dupont Splash Pad), a public park facility in Manchester, New Hampshire, is named for him.
  Thomas Walter Fecteau (1896-1991) — also known as Thomas W. Fecteau — of Epping, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., November 29, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; grocer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Epping, 1937-41, 1945-46, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1948. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Grange. Died February 4, 1991 (age 94 years, 67 days). Burial location unknown.
  Alfred Emile Fortin (1894-1972) — also known as Alfred E. Fortin — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 9, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; accountant; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-26, 1929-30; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1932; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1948. Catholic. Member, American Legion. Died in 1972 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 22, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1950; Governor of New Hampshire, 1953-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary. Died in 2003 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harry A. Gregg and Margaret R. (Richardson) Gregg; married, July 24, 1940, to Catherine M. Warner; father of Judd Alan Gregg.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Alexander Kazakis (b. 1919) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 9, 1919. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 5th Ward, 1948; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1949. Member, American Legion; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Kazakis and Alice (Pappas) Kazakis.
Frank Knox William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) — also known as Frank Knox — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1874. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for nomination for Governor of New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion. Died, following a series of heart attacks, in Washington, D.C., April 28, 1944 (age 70 years, 118 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Annie Reid.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) — also known as Hervé J. L'Heureux — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 6, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Windsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1935; Stuttgart, 1936-39; Antwerp, 1939-41; Lisbon, 1941-42; Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1944-48. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Delta Theta Phi. Died in 1957 (age about 58 years). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux; married, June 21, 1927, to Jeannette Blum.
  Nathan Langley Marden (1896-1957) — also known as Nathan L. Marden — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Chichester, Merrimack County, N.H., February 9, 1896. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance agent; candidate for mayor of Oshkosh, Wis., 1951. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died May 10, 1957 (age 61 years, 90 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Lyman Marden and Elizabeth (Langley) Marden; married, October 31, 1923, to Zua Dane; nephew of Walter A. Marden.
  Political family: Marden family of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
  Thomas James McIntyre (1915-1992) — also known as Thomas J. McIntyre — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Laconia, Belknap County, N.H., February 20, 1915. Democrat. Candidate for New Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward, 1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1949-51; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79; defeated, 1978. Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Catholic War Veterans; Grange; Kiwanis; Knights of Columbus. Died in 1992 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Myrtle Ann Clement McIntyre.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) — also known as "Chub" — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., February 15, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960, 1964, 1968; Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1986. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Elks. Died, from leukemia, in Hollis, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289 days). Interment at Town Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; brother of Marietta Peabody Tree; married, June 24, 1944, to Barbara Gibbons; cousin *** of William P. Homans Jr..
  Political family: Peabody-Parkman family of Massachusetts.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) — also known as Walter Peterson — of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 19, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of New Hampshire, 1969-73; president, Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988 (alternate), 2008. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Grange; Lions; Elks; Eagles. Died, from lung cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., June 1, 2011 (age 88 years, 255 days). Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul E. Provost (1915-1998) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 5, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Hampshire state senate 18th District; elected 1956. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Catholic War Veterans; Knights of Columbus. Died, in St. Raphael Hospital, New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., June 2, 1998 (age 83 years, 117 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  John Joseph Sheehan (b. 1899) — also known as John J. Sheehan — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., April 28, 1899. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936, 1940, 1948 (member, Credentials Committee), 1960; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1938; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 4th Ward, 1948; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1949-54; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester 4th Ward, 1956. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
Sinclair Weeks Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) — also known as Sinclair Weeks — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos County, N.H. Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 15, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati. Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing Home, Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., February 7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237 days). Interment at Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Martha (Sinclair) Weeks and John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); married, December 4, 1915, to Beatrice Lee Dowse; married, January 3, 1948, to Jane (Tompkins) Rankin; married, August 22, 1968, to Alice Pauline (Requa) Low; grandson of John G. Sinclair; great-grandnephew of John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin four times removed of Timothy Pickering; third cousin twice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin thrice removed of Nathan Read.
  Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Maxwell M. Rabb
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
  Raymond J. Wieczorek (b. 1928) — also known as Ray Wieczorek — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., December 9, 1928. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance business; mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1990-99; defeated, 1999; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District, 2002-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 2004. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Wikipedia article
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